CSS455: Introduction to Computational Science and Scientific Programming

Large Blast Simulation

Stephen Schraml, WTD/TED
Visualization: Deborah Thompson, ASHPC/SciVis

General Course Information

• Course Description	Assignment Drop Boxes Homeworks MP's Grade/Answer Sheet Returns
  Background Survey (required).  Complete by January 5
  Library Resources (e-books, reserves, e-reserves)
  Electronic communication resources for the class.
  Course Software	Examples/Handouts
  On-Line Help Pages for CSS 455	Syllabus

Computing Information

• Web links for scientific computing and supercomputers.
• The general source for help with UW computing services is found on the central site computing center home page.
• E-Mail Setup provides a set of instructions to set up your e-mail account and contains links to the standard documents prepared by the computer center for using Pine to read e-mail on UW computers.
• The UWB Windows account.now uses your UWNetID.  See this link for details.
• UWICK is the standard UW connectivity kit used to set up remote dial-up computer connections to the e-mail system.  You should install this on your home computer.
• WWW Resources: Google, Google Scholar,  Yahoo Search Engine, Metacrawler Search Engine,

• Basic Mathematics tutorial.  While aimed more at the non-science student, it may be helpful for some whose math background is a little "rusty".  Be sure to see me if there are any aspects of your math background that seem to be giving you problems with this course.

UW Library Resources on Web.